Total Loss
Insurance Glossary
A vehicle or property an insurer decides is not worth repairing, because the repair cost, sometimes combined with salvage value, meets or exceeds a threshold tied to its value. Instead of paying for repairs the insurer pays the actual cash value less the deductible. The threshold is fixed by state law in some places and left to insurer formula in others, and a totaled vehicle usually ends up with a branded or salvage title.
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